Chapter 73: Celebrations

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(Veronica)

[Experience Points have reached the required level!]

[Individual 'Rank' has increased from level 41 to level 100!]

[Furthermore, the Individual's 'Job' has increased from level 30 to level 100!]

[You acquired the [Javelin Technique; Level 1] and [Superhuman Strength; Level 1] Skills!]

[The Levels of the [Strengthen Followers; Level 1], [Commanding; Level 1], [Coordination; Level 1], [Self-Enhancement; Following (Ervas); Level 1] Skills have increased!]

(Ervas)

[Experience Points have reached the required level!]

[Individual 'Rank' has increased from level 86 to level 100!]

[Furthermore, the Individual's 'Job' has increased from level 62 to level 100!]

[The Levels of the [Parallel Thought Processing; Level 2], [Fast Speed Thought Processing; Level 2], [Increased Mana Recovery Rate; Level 2], [Coordination; Level 1], and [Self-Enhancement; Following (Veronica); Level 1] Skills have increased!]

Tonight, the stars were bright, and the moon was dazzling more than other days, in the Squirrel-kin tribe village, the beautiful women and young girls were dancing around, as several bonfires were set, grilling and cooking the meat of Orcs and Lizardman.

Large torches surrounded the village, as the delicious smell of grilled pork and lizard filled the entire place.

Squirrel women singed while others played instruments such as flutes and drums. The silent night was engulfed in the atmosphere of festivity.

Even the elders were dancing and playing several instruments, while the young squirrel girls imitated them in their labor.

A blue slime wearing a red ribbon, Aqua, danced by the rhythm of the music, her slimy body expanded around as she waved herself, the young girls found her amusing and played around with her.

At her side, a large dark spider with red tattoos resembling spiderwebs across her body and nine crimson eyes, Charlotte, was sewing clothes for the little girls that approached her. She was still an apprentice in thread reeling, but she was learning by making small scarfs, or simple long dresses.

"Thank you miss spider!" said a little squirrel girl.

"Gishi"

It seems that Charlotte's clothes were both incredibly sturdy due to being made out of metallic threads and also incredibly soft. And because she was practicing how to sew clothes, she decided to gift her experiments to the little girls around her. She was surprisingly tolerant for an arachnid, and many younglings were using her large body as a playground.

To the other side, a little boy on his two years of age stood on the floor with his two feet, while moving large humanoid pork, an orc, around the bonfire. The orc was exuding greasy juices and it smelled delicious.

"Ah, I want to eat…" said Ervas, his expressionless face drooling.

Jason, Veronica, and Pekorina came accompanied by Ismene, the chief of the Squirrels, alongside her young daughter Amelia, carrying plates recently produced by Veronica.

"Ah…!"

However, Jason suddenly remained still while glancing at Ervas, the plates fell over the ground but were metallic so they did not break.

"E-Ervas, you're standing in the ground!" he shouted.

"…Yes?" said Ervas, without knowing what was wrong with that.

"My son, you can already walk with your two feet! It is an important event you know?" said Jason as he carried Ervas with his arms.

"Oh, that… well, yeah. I have been floating a lot lately, so I decided to stand by my two feet and get used to it. If I only fly around, I might end up developing some atrophy on my legs or column," said Ervas.

"Were you able to stand before?" asked Veronica, putting the dozens of plates over the table.

"No, I just tried today, and I managed to do so," said Ervas.

"Congratulations, Ervas," said Shade from within Veronica's interior.

"Ervas, can I carry you?" asked Amelia, who was a young squirrel girl on her five years of age. She was smaller than Pekorina, having a slim and tiny body, long brown hair, and a fluffy tail behind her back.

Jason smiled at the adorable little girl and gave Ervas to Amelia.

"Here you have him, take good care of him, little missy," he said.

"Father, I am not a doll…" muttered Ervas.

Amelia hugged the little Ervas and made him rest in her arms.

"Ervas, let us play! I am your mommy, and you are my baby! Pekorina can be a dad!" said Amelia.

"Hey, why am I the dad…?" complained Pekorina.

"Stop this at once… I am not your baby, I have a mother, Amelia," said Ervas.

"Little baby! Little baby!" said Amelia.

"She's just ignoring me…" muttered Ervas.

In the aftermath of the battle against the Gazer and his small army, Veronica and Ervas's party were proclaimed as saviors and even heroes by the chief of the squirrel-kin, Ismene. The Squirrel-kin seemed incredibly friendly to the party as well, and after saving the life of their chief, they had their eternal gratitude to Veronica and Ervas.

…Although a lot of them were also interested in Jason and the Live-Dead Nick (which they were unaware of his true identity as a Live-Dead).

Since he was welcomed in the tribe, Jason had been rejecting many women, most of them being incredible beauties that no man would ever reject… except him, he was a married man and only had a single woman on his heart.

Even the squirrel was surprised that their Allure was ineffective against Jason, which in the end, made him even more attractive to them, like extremely hard prey.

Meanwhile, Nick was also a taken man, as Gwendolyn resided inside of his body. After getting to know that he was a Live-Dead, many of the Squirrel women did not even mind… but Gwendolyn kept them away.

"By the way, is it a mating season for you Squirrels?" asked Veronica.

Ismena released a small chuckle as her large, cannonball-like breasts bounced around vigorously.

"No, but we often like to prepare a mate beforehand… we already have our mating season, but some of the women were left without mating and are still a bit frisky," said Ismene.

"I-I see… Well, Jason and Nick are taken man, and Ervas is too young, so you all will have to give up on it," said Veronica.

"Yes… well, perhaps Jason could reconsider the idea after spending a few days with us? You don't have to leave right away right~?" laughed Ismene.

"Oh? Do you want to test a married man? Well, it should be fun…" laughed Veronica.

"Veronica, what are you talking about?!" said Shade from within her interior.

"Ah, Shade, don't get in women's talk, okay?" said Veronica.

"…Weren't you genderless?" asked Shade.

"I am! But… I have the soul of an old woman, so let me be," said Veronica.

"Sigh…"

Ismene was glancing at the little interaction while chuckling once again.

"Oh my, I never expected a spirit to be the husband of a Living Armor… How is it to have your husband living inside of you?" asked Ismene.

"Shade is not my husband!" said Veronica, flustered.

"T-That's right! We are simply… allies," said Shade.

"Indeed!" added Veronica.

"Uwah, they are really like a married couple," said Pekorina.

"Will they have children?" asked Amelia.

"That sounds quite hard, but I will be cheering for you two," said Ervas.

"Stop with the teasing!" shouted Veronica.

"Y-Yeah… stop!" added Shade.

"It's ready!" said Jason, he was being accompanied by Nick and Cthulhu, the two began to cut large chunks of Orc meat, and then pouring a special sauce made out of herbs and fruit juice, it was sweet and aromatic, going extremely well with the grilled pork meat.

Ervas escaped Amelia's embrace as he began to serve everyone with his Telekinesis, chunks of meat fell over the plates, as the plates floated around the village, falling on the hands of the women and children.

As Ervas distributed the plates of Orc and Lizardman meat with herb and fruit juice sauce, he made himself a sandwich, which he added slices of both Orc and Lizardman, alongside a thin slice of cheese produced by the goats that the Squirrel women raised like cattle.

"Delicious," he said, continuing to distribute plates filled with meat and bread while eating his own sandwich.

"Is little Ervas really doing all of that on his own while making himself a sandwich?!" said Ismene, even after seeing what Ervas was capable of multiple times, she was baffled by seeing him multitask to such an extent.

"Yes, my son is very talented," said Jason.

"This thing… is named bread? I've never tasted it before!" said Amelia, munching on the crunchy bread with pork inside.

"It is also impressive how you can make bread as easily… harvesting wheat in here is extremely hard due to the conditions of the forest..." said Ismene.

"Well, that's Gwendolyn and the grass sister's specialty," said Ervas.

"Have Plant-type monsters always been capable of replicating small plants like that? Having a limitless supply of herbs at the grasp of your hand is… well, I think I am repeating myself too much, I should just enjoy the night. Thanks to all of you for helping us out, especially to the young Ervas for saving my life. I don't mind being your step mother if you want to," said Ismene.

"No problem… and thanks for the offer. I will consider it..." said Ervas.

"Ervas, will I be your sis?" asked Amelia.

"Amelia? Err… Perhaps? Let's be friends for now," said Ervas.

"Okay!" said Amelia, happily munching on the sandwich.

"What about me?!" asked Pekorina.

"Err… Do you want to? Don't you have your siblings? But I guess it is fine if you want to," said Ervas.

"Alright, don't take your words back by then, okay?" laughed Pekorina.

"To think that Ervas is already gathering a group of big sisters and even a step mother!" said Veronica.

"My son… I never expected him to be such a womanizer," muttered Jason, a bit saddened.

"Wait, womanizer?" muttered Ervas. 

"Bililiilili?"

Cthulhu was confused about the whole ordeal.

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